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Silica gel packets

What Is Silica Gel and Why Do Packets of It Come With Everything You Buy?

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3 Battery Innovations That Will Energize Our Future

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Think Cities Have Pothole Problems Now? Just Wait

The Earth's core

How We Know What’s Deep Inside the Earth, Despite Never Traveling There

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Why Silk Is One of the Best Materials For Face Masks

FloatingBoats

These Tiny Boats Can Float Upside Down on Levitating Liquid

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Many BPA-Free Plastics Are Toxic. Some Are Worse Than BPA

Big Idea June 2020

The Material Revolutionizing the Construction Industry? Wood

Bacteria-Brick

This Regenerative Building Material is Made From Sand and Bacteria

Graphene Illustration

Move over Graphene: Next-Gen 2D Materials Could Revolutionize Technology

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NASA Just Invented a Paint That Blocks Moon Dust From Sticking to Everything

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Oyster Shells Inspire Scientists To Create Glass That’s Much Harder to Shatter

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